that is now likely, if not inevitable. at the same time the president s cheerleading the economy, he s also trying to do something that might seem contradictory. he s assuring americans that essentially he gets. the white house is not ignorant to the real economic challenges that americans are feeling right now, especially when it comes to gas prices and other goods. here s of the president tried to strike the balance between those two priorities. i know that even today s good news, a lot of americans remain anxious. there is no denying the high prices, particularly around gasoline and food, a real problems for people. americans can tackle inflation from a position of strength. it s still a problem. but we can tackle it from a position of strength. we also heard one new element to the president s economic message to the nation yesterday alex. it was that as the white house is bracing for the feds to
we are gonna begin right now with josh lederman in rehoboth beach delaware where the president is spending his vacation. we have to talk about gas prices. they are reaching record highs. but then you also have the new jobs report being stronger than what was expected. what have you heard from the president overall about the economy? those gas prices alex. the rnc pointing out that the gas price on average right now is double what it was on the day president biden took office in 2020. now, as far as president boyden s approach to this, he s trying to do something that is very difficult, which is to convince americans that the economy is actually doing better. polls show most americans actually feels like it is right. now the president using those jobs to say the fundamental of the economy are strong. and to play down the prospect of a recession, even at some outside recognizance are saying
likely increase interest rates further, trying to ease off the gas pedal of the economy, to try to keep inflation [inaudible] put everyone on notice that we may not see the kind of blockbuster jobs report that we ve seen in recent months happened month after month. some of those numbers may go down. biden trying to get ahead of that before americans start to see their numbers in the future. he s hoping to keep people fairly optimistic about the economy, with those midterm elections just five month away. alex that s really is critical. thank you so much josh. happening right now right now a benefit rally to stand for uvalde community leaders getting together in san antonio coming together with support to support robb elementary school who lost 19 children. also memorial services today
the white house can use, it is the fed that is the inflation fighter, they want to be talking about the extreme maga yaeagends they call it and that it is putin s fault for the inflation. we know economy is number one if most americans. will the democrats be able to turn the attention on to abortion to keep voters engaged for midterms? i think that it is the sort of we re not sure yet at this point where this is going to go and how much that they will be able to pivot the conversation. if you look at polling obviously it is very unpopular to overturn roe. we ll have polling out later this morning that will show you majority of voters are saying in the polling that it is important to them to vote for a who supports choice and abortion rights. so these are indicators that democrats are looking to to sort of see hope that they can change the topic, but again, over and over again as you just said, people are saying that inflation is their number one concern
are catching up with the united states in his stills, they have a long way to go when it comes to submarines, but to say that the threat between now and the end of will decade is acute, that is why taiwan continues to try to build ally n answers and friendships with countries around the world even as china might be attempting the united states to take over, they are not entirely convinced that they will have to do that. they might feel that politically they can use disinformation campaigns to plant fake news on facebook and spread rumors on the ground and that might get them what they want. so they are watching ukraine to figure out how and when, but definitely not if china are make a move on taiwan. and that is what is so striking. will, thank you for your reporting as usual. and so president biden is assuring americans he feels their pain at the grocery store and gas station, but the president called inflation the number one challenge facing american families today placing the bl